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H. PRIGHARD.

FISHING ROD.

No. 250,968. Patented Dec. 13,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY PRIOHARD, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ABBEY & IMBRIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FISHING-ROD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,968, dated December 13, 1881.

Application filed September 1, 1881. (No model.)

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal section of the buttsection of a rod made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.

A is the rod-section, consisting of the central core, a, of wood, and an outer tube, 11, of india-rubber or similar material, covering the lower end of the section. The covering b will extend a suitable distance upon the wood, according to the style of rod, and is retained by a metal cap, c, at the outer endyand a winding, 6?, of thread around the wood a at the inner end of the tube. The cap 0 may be fastened to the core by a side pin, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, or by a screw,or in any other suitable manner. The covering is preferably india-rubber, but may be celluloid or any hard composition that is water-proof and will give a smooth and hard surface. The tube is first manufactured and then applied to the rod and secured. The surface ot the covering 1) is polished, and preferably beaded, as shown.

Atf is fixed a band for receiving one end of the reel-plate, and g is a loose band movable on the butt to cover the outer end of the reelplate and retain it fast.

I am aware that wood has been coated with rubber, the same having been vulcanized before or after the application; but

What I claim is The combination, with a wooden core, a, of the elastic tube b, cap 0, and thread (1, as shown and described.

HENRY PRIUHARD.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. PRIOHARD, O. SEnGwToK. 

